Trace-buckle



(No Model.)

AQR HAMILTON.

' TRACE BUCKLE. I No. 470,485. Patented Mar. 8, 1892..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDRIHV R. HAMILTON, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

TRACE-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,485, dated March 8,1892..

Serial No. 408,455. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that LANDREW R. HAMILTON, a citizen of the United. States,residing at Kansas City, in the countyof Wyandotte and State of Kansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trace-Buckles; andI do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this'specificatiomand to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

This invention relates. to certain new and useful improvements intrace-buckles; and it has for its objects, among others, to provide animproved buckle or fastener which will securely hold the trace and yetpermit of ready adjustment when desired Without removing the trace fromthe trace-loop.

Other obj ects'and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by theappended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspecification, and in which Figure 1 is a top plan showing my buckleapplied to a trace. Fig. 2 is a side view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is avperspective view of the buckle detached.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates atrace-loop, and B a portion of the trace.

C is the buckle. It consists of a plate formed at one end withperforated ears 0 for the reception of a bolt or pin D, which passesthrough a loop I) on the trace-loop, as seen in Figs. 1 and 2, and witha substantially centrallyarranged stud E. The plate is thus hinged orpivotally connected to the loop. Upon one side of the plate,substantially in line with the stud, is a lug a, to which is hinged by asuitable pin 6 the bar F, which is provided centrally with an opening fand with a depending portion g, which is provided with a notch h andwith a pin or stud i above said notch, as seen best in Fig. 3. Thisnotch is designed to receive a lug j on the plate at the side oppositethe hinge of the bar and the pin or stud to enter between thespring-fingers G, which are attached to the side edge of the plate withtheir upper ends bent inward, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3.

The operation will be apparent. The parts being arranged as shown in thedrawings, when itis desired to remove the trace or adjust it in eitherdirection all that itisnecessary to do is to give the trace near thebuckle a slight twist or movement upward, which will disengage the pinfrom the spring-fingers, when the bar may be lifted up and the tracemoved in the desired direction without removing it from the loop. WVhenin its adjusted position, the bar is pressed down,when its pin entersbetween the bent ends of the spring-fingers and the stud E enters thehole in the trace and the hole in the bar, and the parts are thus heldin position.

What I claim as new is- The combination, with a trace-loop having a loopat one end, of a plate having cars, a pin passed through the end loopand said ears and provided with a centrally arranged stud, and a hingedcross-bar having a depending portion at each end and provided with anotch and a pin on one of said portions, and a stud and spring-fingerson the plate opposite the hinge of the said bar and adapted to engage,respectively, the notch and pin on the depending portion, substantiallyas and. for the purpose specified.

In testimonythat I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name inthe presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW R. HAMILTON. WVitnesses:

L. J. FARRON,

CHARLES L. MAIER.

